Adam LaRoche Opens Up on Walking Away from $13 Million and the MLB

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At the beginning of this year’s Major League Baseball season, Chicago White Sox infielder Adam LaRoche was just another face in the crowd at spring training. But seemingly out of nowhere, LaRoche ended his 12-year career—walking away from a $13 million salary—in a very public manner. In Tim Keown’s story, LaRoche reveals that a trip to Southeast Asia with a non-profit to fight human trafficking gave him a new perspective on life and his family.

Read the full story on ESPN.

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